The Muslims have to pray for their brothers in Gaza in the daily prayers and otherwise

Question

Is it mustahabb to say Qunoot during the daily prayers for our brothers in Gaza, so that Allaah will relieve them of the aggression of the Jews? In which prayer should Qunoot be said?.

Answer

Praise be to Allaah.

Yes, the Muslims should pray
for their brothers in Gaza, asking Allaah to protect them and save them, and
to help them against their enemy, and to defeat the Jews and those who help
them.

The imam should say the
du’aa’ out loud and the people behind him should say Ameen. If a person is
offering the obligatory prayer on his own, he should also say Qunoot.

It is proven that the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said Qunoot at the time of
calamity on a number of occasions:

1.

Some of the Arab tribes
betrayed 70 of the companions of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah
be upon him) and killed them. Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with
him) said: News of that reached the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah
be upon him), and he prayed Qunoot for a month, praying during Fajr prayer
against some of the tribes of the Arabs, against Ri’l, Dhakwaan, ‘Usayyah
and Bani Lahyaan. Narrated by al-Bukhaari (3064).

2.

It was narrated that Anas ibn
Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: Qunoot was offered in Maghrib
and Fajr prayer. Narrated by al-Bukhaari (798).

3.

It was narrated that Ibn
‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah
(blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) prayed Qunoot for a month in
Zuhr, ‘Asr, Maghrib, ‘Isha’ and Fajr prayer, when he said: Sami’a Allaahu
liman hamidah in the last rak’ah, praying against some tribes of Banu
Sulaym, and against Ri’l, Dhakwaan and ‘Usayyah, and those who were behind
him said Ameen. Narrated by Abu Dawood (1443). Ibn al-Qayyim said: A saheeh
hadeeth. Zaad al-Ma’aad, 1/280; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in
Saheeh Abi Dawood,

A number of things may be
learned from these hadeeths, including the following:

Firstly: it is prescribed to
pray Qunoot at times of calamity. Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on
him) said: Qunoot is Sunnah at the time of calamity. This view is that of
the fuqaha’ among the muhadditheen. And it is narrated from the Rightly
Guided Caliphs. End quote.

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa
(23/108)

Secondly: The Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said Qunoot at times of calamity
in all of the five daily prayers, and he said Qunoot in Fajr and Maghrib
prayer, and especially in Fajr. Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him)
said: Most of his Qunoot -- referring to the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allaah be upon him) -- was in Fajr. End quote.

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa
(22/269).

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah
have mercy on him) said: The practice of the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allaah be upon him) was to say Qunoot especially at times of calamity, and
not to do so at other times. He did not limit it only to Fajr, rather most
of his Qunoot was in Fajr because it is prescribed to make that prayer
lengthy. End quote.

Zaad al-Ma’aad
(1/273)

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may
Allaah have mercy on him) said:

To sum up, saying Qunoot
during the obligatory prayers is not prescribed either in Fajr or any other
prayer, except when a calamity befalls the Muslims that is deserving of
Qunoot, in which case it is prescribed to say Qunoot for every worshipper in
Maghrib and Fajr prayer, and if one says Qunoot in all the prayers, there is
nothing wrong with that as some of the scholars said. And when this calamity
ceases, Qunoot should be stopped. End quote.

Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn
‘Uthaymeen (14/175)

We ask Allaah to hasten
relief for our brothers in Gaza, and to give them a way out of every
difficulty and relief for every distress, and to curse and destroy the Jews
and their helpers, and to send punishment upon them, for He is able to do
that.